Europe Daily News, 10 April 2026

COMPETITION

• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.12300 - Glencore / Fincoenergies)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12348 - Softbank / Digitalbridge)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12339 - Permira / Warburg Pincus / Clearwater Analytics)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12078 - Suzano / Kimberly-Clark (International Family Care & Professional Business))

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Agenda for: Working Party on Trade Questions - 15 April 2026
• Agenda for: Working Party on European Free Trade Association (EFTA) - 14 April 2026
• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/801 of 9 April 2026 imposing provisional anti-dumping duties on imports of terephthalic acid originating in the Republic of Korea and the United Mexican States
• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/846 of 9 April 2026 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/159 imposing a definitive safeguard measure on imports of certain steel products
• Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - Safeguard measures for the European metal industry
• Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - Including lift guide rails in the proposal for a regulation on the steel market
• EU trade deal set to change India’s wine industry - Domestic producers, already under pressure from overcapacity despite a growing market, are adapting ahead of tariff cuts - Financial Times 

EU/UK TRADE RELATIONS

• Council Decision (EU) 2026/832 of 30 March 2026 on the position to be taken on behalf of the EU within the Trade Specialised Committee on Level Playing Field for Open and Fair Competition and Sustainable Development established by the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part, as regards the adoption of a decision to establish a list of individuals who are willing and able to serve as members of the panel of experts established under Article 409 of that Agreement
• Council Decision (EU) 2026/833 of 30 March 2026 on the position to be taken on behalf of the EU within the Specialised Committee on Participation in Union Programmes established by the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part, as regards the amendments to Protocol I thereto

CBAM

• Answer given by Mr Hoekstra to a MEP written question - CBAM and the establishment of a temporary decarbonisation fund

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

• Agenda for: Meeting of the Antici Group (Simplification: Omnibus V on Defence) - 14 April 2026
• SAFE: final green light for financial assistance to Czechia and France

EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL AFFAIRS

• Answer given by EVP Mînzatu to a MEP written question - Impact of artificial intelligence on employment, salaries and inequality in the European Union
• Answer given by EVP Mînzatu to a MEP written question -Impact of EU transport policy on the automotive sector and budgetary impact on the EGF and net contributor Member States

ENERGY

• Answer given by Mr Jørgensen to a MEP written question - Plans to install an LNG plant in the Pagasetic Gulf
• “ENTSOG publishes its Summer Supply Outlook 2026 (with Winter 2026/27 overview) and Summer Supply Review 2025
• EU to relax methane rules to secure energy supplies - Proposed changes offer ‘flexibilities’ to strict requirements due to be imposed on fossil fuel importers - Financial Times
• EU boosts imports of Russian gas as Middle East crisis squeezes supplies - The bloc took 97% of the cargoes from the vast Yamal LNG project in Siberia in the first three months of year - Financial Times

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Report from the meeting of Waste Expert group – Waste Shipment Regulation - 27 March 2026
• Answer given by Ms Roswall to a MEP written question - The setting of higher reuse and/or additional reuse targets under Article 29 of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation
• Answer given by Ms Roswall to a MEP written question - Potential breaches of EU legislation in the management of e-scooter waste
• Answer given by Ms Roswall to a MEP written question - Practical difficulties caused by tethered bottle caps introduced under the Single-Use Plastics Directive

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Commissioner Síkela will represent the EU at the 21st EU - Overseas Countries and Territories Forum in Aruba - Midday Express
• Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the ceasefire agreed by the United States and Iran